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Welcome to Hazel ...

Hazel is located in Pennington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hazel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Hazel is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hazel lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hazel: 218

Communities Also Named Hazel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Hazel - they are located in Idaho, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Mississippi, New York, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hazel.

Communities near Hazel ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hazel.

  • Thief River Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Lake Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oklee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Plummer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Saint Hilaire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Brooks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Goodridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodridge is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Viking
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Viking is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Holt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Holt is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Dorothy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hazel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hazel.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hazel. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hazel.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hazel. See our Newspapers Page for Hazel.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hazel ...

Looking for more information about Hazel? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hazel, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hazel.

Adding Hazel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hazel in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hazel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hazel post office opened in 1904. The Hazel post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hazel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Pennington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hazel - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/